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The Basis Of Drama Is... The Struggle Of The Hero Towards A Specific Goal At The End Of Which He Realises That What Kept Him From It Was, In The Lesser Drama, Civilisation And, In The Great Drama, The Discovery Of Something That He Did Not Set Out To Discover But Which Can Be Seen Retrospectively As Inevitable.

As Long As The Protagonist Wants Something, The Audience Will Want Something.

A Good Writer Gets Better Only By Learning To Cut, To Remove The Ornamental, The Descriptive, The Narrative, And Especially The Deeply Felt And Meaningful. What Remains? The Story Remains.

The Terror And Beauty Of The Dream Come From The Connection Of Previously Unrelated Mundanities Of Life.

Many Players Will Not Improve Because They Cannot Bear Self-knowledge.